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Privacy through peer-to-peer

May 26, 2010 – 16:23

We have a tricky problem to solve as we begin to use the Internet on more and more devices: making our data available on all of them. These devices include desktop computers, laptops, phones, tablets, consoles which play movies and music, cars with telnet ignition interfaces, etc. I believe that the only tenable long-term solution [...]

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The friends game

April 11, 2010 – 15:02

I don’t use Facebook any more. I deleted my account (again) because of my increasing concerns about privacy and information retention and sharing. I’d been visiting the website a lot, posting on my wall at least every couple of days and adding comments much more frequently. Then I went cold turkey. The mental instincts and [...]

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Streams of Data

February 9, 2010 – 21:48

I’ve written before about my thoughts on social networking websites and the data you want to give them. What I basically said is that they can do whatever the hell they like with the data provided that I’m keeping a careful watch on what data I give them. If I consciously approve it, it should [...]

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Social Networking: An Analysis Of Hypocrisy

May 17, 2009 – 21:57

It would be fair to claim that I’ve been a little hypocritical in my darting around the issues regarding Facebook in the last year or two. This is highlighted by the analysis of my behaviour (!) in Jack Scott’s article about why he doesn’t use Facebook. My article discusses some issues identified by Jack so [...]

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